McCain on Larry King

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Did you look it up? It's right there on wikipedia.

Historian and writer James Truslow Adams coined the phrase "American Dream" in his 1931 book Epic of America:

"The American Dream is that dream of a land in which life should be better and richer and fuller for everyone, with opportunity for each according to ability or achievement. It is a difficult dream for the European upper classes to interpret adequately, and too many of us ourselves have grown weary and mistrustful of it. It is not a dream of motor cars and high wages merely, but a dream of social order in which each man and each woman shall be able to attain to the fullest stature of which they are innately capable, and be recognized by others for what they are, regardless of the fortuitous circumstances of birth or position."

It also says: "Although the phrase's meaning has evolved over the course of American history, for some people, it is the opportunity to achieve greater material prosperity than was possible in their countries of origin. For others it is the opportunity for their children to grow up and receive an education and its consequent career opportunities. It is the opportunity to make individual choices without the restrictions of class, caste, religion, race, or ethnic group."

McCain's father was an admiral and his uncle a brigadier general, and he owns - what's the latest count, seven houses, 11 houses? He's not sure. On the other hand, Obama pulled himself up by the bootstraps, went to Harvard, and is now a presidential candidate.

Seems to me Obama is actually living and realizing the American Dream, while McCain doesn't even understand what it is. Why should he? He never had to pursue it.

So I appreciate the transcript. I probably would have missed it otherwise.